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"authorized repair people"

What is shit concept. As tech becomes more varied repairs will become more of a project instead of a process. I mean repairs will be more expensive and less likely to succeed (I think this will be offset by decreasing prices and wider parts availability).

Think about how many fields are already screwed over to the point of demanding legal protections for repairing their own stuff. Somehow Nebraska farmers and New York smartphone repair companies teamed up to push right to repair.

Somehow we need to bake this decentralized model of repair into our culture. If you can find "authorized repair people" in Seattle, then I certainly won't find them in Omaha. If parts are available I would certainly try repairs on my own. I recently fixed a kindle, and replaced a few phone screens, I built a 3d printer from parts, maybe I could fix a TV if the manufacturer doesn't actively stand in the way.